AT&T-Time Warner deal could create 'seismic shift' in media industry

By Brian Fung and Drew Harwell
Updated October 23 2016 - 10:18am, first published October 22 2016 - 11:54pm
Time Warner's media empire also includes subscription TV channel HBO, which owns the rights to "Game of Thrones". Photo: HBO / Foxtel
Time Warner's media empire also includes subscription TV channel HBO, which owns the rights to "Game of Thrones". Photo: HBO / Foxtel

In what some analysts are calling an unprecedented "seismic shift" for the media and technology world, AT&T may soon buy the entertainment company Time Warner, a deal that could turn the traditional telecom carrier into a media titan the likes of which the United States has never seen.

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